support thread at CBR

[Le Messor]

What the heck is THAT supposed to mean? Do you have a problem with my sig? I KNEW it, Messor! What a donkey's a$$ you can be! Now just focus on the topic, please!!!

Um, Ahab, I see the smiley, but I'm not sure how funny --

Oh, I get it.


(Yeah, my mind really just went through all that.)

- Le Messor
"Heaven and hell is right here, right now... You make it heaven or you make it hell by your actions."
~ George Harrison

[Ahab]

I hoped you would realize it was my poor impression of the guy at CBR and not take it seriously...

[Le Messor]

I got there in the end.

[kozzi24]

Yeah, I try ta stays away from arguing with people about those sorts of things. But, if you wanna, more power to ya. For me, I gots enuff on my plate, and only so many hours in the day, so i's gots ta prioritize.

Inever go past a second post that is counterproductive arguing.
I lurk on a number of different forums, but participate in few. This is the only one on which I am a "regular."

[kozzi24]

Have you ever posted that here? 'coz I like it.

Probably in one form or another over the years.

[kozzi24]

This guy doesn't know when to just stop fighting back - he is sabotaging what he set out to do with his own behavior.

I was trying to point that out to HELP him. Some people just don't get it.

[Ahab]

I was trying to point that out to HELP him. Some people just don't get it.

Yes, he clearly was not getting your intent. I have a lot of respect for how you handled his responses. You remained composed despite his shenanigans...

[Flightpath07]

"Shenanigans" - what a great word. Would make a good "crazy supervillain" name, would it not?

[Ahab]

"Shenanigans" - what a great word. Would make a good "crazy supervillain" name, would it not?

I love using that word. It amuses me for some reason.

[kozzi24]

I love using that word. It amuses me for some reason.

A lot of those Irish words just sound fun.

[Flightpath07]

Slainte m'hath, slainte m'hor!

[MistressMerr]

A lot of those Irish words just sound fun.

I... don't think I knew that word was Irish in origin. I learned something today! XD

[Flightpath07]

From WorldWideWords.org ...

SHENANIGAN
Trickery, underhand action, intrigue, skulduggery.

You’ll most commonly encounter this word in the plural. It seems to have originated in California at about the time of the Gold Rush, though it was first recorded in print only in 1855. In the years since, it has been spelt in about a dozen different ways, though recent dictionaries have settled on the version above. Where it comes from is still a matter of substantial dispute; the first five dictionaries I consulted gave four different origins (Oxford Dictionaries — as so often — opting for the ultra-cautious “origin unknown”). The word looks Irish, and there was no shortage of Irishmen in the California diggings, so it’s plausible to suggest the Irish word sionnachuighm as the source, meaning ‘I play tricks’, which is pronounced roughly as ‘shinnuckeem’. Others argue it comes from an East Anglian dialect word nannicking for playing the fool. Yet others guess at a link with the Spanish word chanada for a trick or deceit, which is another half-way plausible source, considering California’s history. Yet another theory was put forward in 1948 in American Speech for an origin in German schinnagel for a nail that holds the rim to the wheel, which produced the German slang terms schinageln, to work, and Schenigelei, a trick. As the man behind the market stall said, you pays your money and you takes your choice ...

[Le Messor]

Slainte m'hath, slainte m'hor!

What are you talking about? My mother's a saint!

[Flightpath07]

"Slainte m'hath, slainte m'hor!" = "Good health, great health."

A traditional Irish toast (I can sense the Wonderbread jokes already!), best served over a glass of whisky.

And, yes, I DO know how to pronounce it. One of the few Gaelic phrases I can pronounce...

LM - good joke. I'll leave your ma alone; for putting up with you, she HAD to be a saint!